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INCREASE TEACHERS’ ALLOWANCE FOR CHALK, SUPPLIES – REVILLA

Senator Bong Revilla is calling on his fellow legislators to support Senate Bill No. 1092, or “An Act Institutionalizing the Grant of Teaching Supplies Allowance for Public School Teachers,” under Committee Report No. 14 jointly submitted by the Committees on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional Regulation; Basic Education, Arts and Culture; Ways and Means; […]

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NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT DUTERTE’S HEALTH CONDITION – GO

Senator Bong Go aided victims of a fire incident in Brgy. Sun Valley, NAIA, Pasay City where 60 houses were razed and 102 families, comprising of 798 individuals, were affected. Accompanying Go to provide government assistance to the victims were representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), […]

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SENATORS PUSH FOR TEACHERS’ SALARY HIKE

Several senators have joined the mounting call to increase the salaries of public school teachers in recognition of the critical role they play in the lives of the youth and in nation-building. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri vowed to prioritize bills that propose pay hikes and additional grants for teachers that have been filed […]

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CONVERT EAST AVENUE MEDICAL CENTER TO TEACHERS HOSPITAL – TOLENTINO

Senator Francis Tolentino has proposed the conversion of the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City into a specialty hospital for educators to provide them free hospitalization and medical care. Tolentino, who introduced Senate Bill No. 210 or the National Teachers Medical Center Act, said the establishment of a specialty hospital for teachers and their […]

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INCREASE MINIMUM PAY OF TEACHERS – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara said government should set a higher minimum pay for teachers if it wants to recruit and retain highly effective educators who will prepare Filipino students for the challenges of the future. “If we value education and we intend to create a more educated generation of Filipinos, then we need to pay teachers […]

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LOWER OPTIONAL RETIREMENT AGE OF TEACHERS TO 55 – ANGARA

While instruction time is officially six hours a day, most teachers work much longer hours doing multiple tasks at school. They even have duties during vacation months and even beyond the classroom and school premises. It is in this context that Senator Sonny Angara wants to lower the optional retirement age of public school teachers […]

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FUND FOR JOB PROMOTION, SALARY INCREASE OF TEACHERS IN SUCS APPROVED IN 2019 BUDGET – ANGARA

Teaching personnel in state universities and colleges (SUCs) across the country will be able to receive this year part of their long-overdue salary adjustment with the approval of the 2019 national budget that included funding for job promotion, Senator Sonny Angara said. “The wait is over,” said Angara, vice chair of the Senate Committee on […]

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PASS 2019 BUDGET TO ENSURE PAY OF TEACHERS ON POLL DUTY – PIMENTEL

Senator Koko Pimentel III, chair of the Senate Trade and Commerce Committee urged for the passage of the 2019 national budget as he thumbed down proposals to reenact last year’s budget. In a radio interview on Monday, Pimentel emphasized that the government’s budget should not be held hostage by special interests. He added that a […]

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ALLOT P2.9B TO FOR PROMOTION OF TEACHERS IN STATE UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the allocation of P2.9 billion in the 2019 national spending package to fund the job promotion of faculty members in state universities and colleges (SUCs) nationwide. “After making tuition in SUCs free, the government should now aim at improving the quality of public higher education in the country, and […]

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I WILL PUSH FOR THE INCREASE OF SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS – GO

Former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go has vowed to push for an increase in the salaries of public school teachers if given a Senate seat. “The increase of the salaries of teachers was already promised by the President during the convention of school principals in Davao City,” Go said as he recalled President […]